An image showing 'N24732; On board the light cruiser Glasgow (1936) in Portsmouth Dockyard showing gun lifting arrangements. The photographer is looking forward from the starboard side of the after superstructure at a tubular steel scaffold structure erected over the S1 twin 4 inch gun mounting. The right 4 inch QF Mk XVI gun is hanging in the hoist. Berthed outboard of the Glasgow (1936) is the gunnery training ship Iron Duke (1912). The Glasgow was in Portsmouth for repairs 29 Mar. - 10 May 1938.'

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Gun lifting arrangements on board the light cruiser Glasgow (1936) in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

On board the light cruiser Glasgow (1936) in Portsmouth Dockyard showing gun lifting arrangements. The photographer is looking forward from the starboard side of the after superstructure at a tubular steel scaffold structure erected over the S1 twin 4 inch gun mounting. The right 4 inch QF Mk XVI gun is hanging in the hoist. Berthed outboard of the Glasgow (1936) is the gunnery training ship Iron Duke (1912). The Glasgow was in Portsmouth for repairs 29 Mar. - 10 May 1938.

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Object details

ID:	N24732
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	early May 1938
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 126 mm